Wisconsin environmental officials said Monday that they're monitoring the cleanup of what they're calling an accidental release of contaminated river and groundwater at a Marinette plant that manufactures fire extinguishers and fire-suppression systems.

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Despite acknowledging that federal agencies had given the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin a “runaround”, a federal appeals court ruled against the tribe this week in a lawsuit over a permit for the Back Forty mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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A Canadian company has renewed interest in developing an open-pit mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, not far from the Wisconsin border.

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CRYSTAL FALLS, Mich. (AP) — A new bridge on U.S. 141 between Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin is set to open. Construction crews have been completing work on the bridge over the Menominee River in preparation for the Friday ...

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By James Briggs The state Department of Natural Resources has agreed to buy 2,714 acres along the Wisconsin-Michigan border from We Energies. If approved by the Joint Committee on Finance, as well as Gov. Jim Doyle, the DNR‘s $3.25 million ...

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